Lyon Apartmani

Lyon Apartmani sits about fifty metres from the Slovenska Plaža settlement in Budva, directly across from the Kangaroo restaurant, putting the beach within a few minutes' walk on foot. This particular unit is a studio-style double apartment sleeping 2 guests, with one bedroom holding a double bed, one bathroom, and an open living area with a fully equipped kitchen — a straightforward fit for couples or two friends visiting Montenegro's coast. Like all twelve apartments in the complex, it is air-conditioned and comes with a TV and its own furnished terrace. The kitchen means you can cook for yourselves, though the surrounding streets are lined with local inns and restaurants if you would rather eat out. Stays can be booked as accommodation only, with breakfast, or on a half-board basis. The apartments are stylishly decorated and kept simple, comfortable, and close to everything Budva's seafront has to offer.

About the area

Slovenska plaža carries most of Budva's summer: nearly two kilometres of fine pebble in a shallow arc, with a paved promenade behind it, hired shade, showers, swimming platforms and a steady line of bars. It is a few minutes' walk from here, and the streets in between are the practical part of town — supermarkets, bakeries, a pharmacy, rental agencies — which is what makes self-catering straightforward in a place where restaurant prices climb sharply through August.

The promenade is also the best way to see this coast on foot. Westward it passes the marina and ends at the old town walls, with the Citadela, the church square and the cliff path to Mogren beyond. Eastward it climbs a low headland and drops into Bečići, then continues to Rafailovići, where the konobas sit directly over the water and grilled fish, buzara and black risotto are the local order rather than a menu concession. Behind the beach the town rises quickly to the highway and the hill villages above it, worth the climb for the view down over the bay, and the coast buses from the nearby stops reach Sveti Stefan or Kotor comfortably within a morning.